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This blog post has moved to ALM Rangers blog on http://aka.ms/vsarNews4, where we introduce the solution in combination with the upcoming the Patterns & Practices book “Building a Release Pipeline with TFS ” – it’s a great way to start learning the concepts of DevOps & Release Management for TFS 2012 and to kick the tires in implementing it.

@Keith, please keep an eye on vsardevops.codeplex.com and blogs.msdn.com/.../willy-peter_schaub for announcements on this project and related initiatives, such as the companion p&p “Building a Release Pipeline with TFS” book. The team has released a poster, a cheat-sheet and a developers guide on vsardevops.codeplex.com/.../111294 so far, with a user’s guide and a hands-on lab in the pipeline. All bits will be released as one when the quality bars are met and the project is completed. The interim drops are geared to enable early exploration as part of the BETA.